How old am I if I was born in 2004?
If you were born in 2004 you are 21 or 22 years old, depending on whether your birthday has already come round this year. Pick your exact date below for your age to the second — and for everything else 2004 says about you.
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Being born in 2004
Anyone born in 2004 turns 22 at some point during 2026. Until their birthday arrives they are still 21, which is why an age calculator that only knows the year can never give one answer. Enter the full date above and the number becomes exact, down to the second.
2004 makes you Gen Z, and in the Chinese calendar it was the Year of the Monkey.
What 2004 looked like
Million Dollar Baby won Best Picture and Shrek 2 was the biggest film at the box office. In the news, 2004 was the year of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and Facebook launches.
The world in 2004
There were about 6.47 billion people alive, against roughly 8.25 billion today. Atmospheric CO₂ stood near 377 ppm, compared with about 427 ppm now. And money went further: $100 in 2004 bought roughly what $171 buys today.
Sport around 2004
The nearest Summer Olympics were held in Athens in 2004. The closest World Cup was won by Brazil in 2002. Around then, the moment people still talk about was Boston break the Curse of the Bambino.
What else you can work out from a 2004 birthday
Once you enter the exact day, the cards above fill in: the phase of the moon on the night you were born, your star sign and birthstone, how many people share your birthday, which famous people were born on it, your age in dog years using the real 2019 formula rather than the old “multiply by seven” myth, how far you have travelled around the sun, and which historical event your birth date sits closer to than it does to today.